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Patented June 26, I823.

onus stars are NORMAN P. 'HARSHJBERGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

earners.

Application filed January 27, 1922. Serial Ito. 532,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN P. Hans BERGER; a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook-and State of Illinois, have invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Shingles, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shingles and it has for its object the production of suitable means for forming a portion of the shingles and for binding the shingles into bundles. In the application to the roof of certain typesof shingles it is sometimes desirable to have certain portions thereof bent orformed into special shapes so as to facilitate the laying of the shingles on the roof. One object of this invention is to provide means not only for assisting in forming the shingles in this particular respect, but in maintaining the particular formation when the shingles are being packed into bundles, and for maintaining the formation until the bundles are unpacked for laying the shingles. The means thus provided are used also for assisting in binding the bundlesfor convenience in delivering them wherever desired.

Of the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of a shingle such as used in this instance to illustrate and describe the features of my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a similar shingle with certain corners specially formed by bending; Fig. 3 is a plan View of a bundle of shingles as finally bound ready for transportation; Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective View of one of the elements used in forming and binding the shingles; Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the means which I provide for forming and h'inding the shingles; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view along the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

I have illustrated and described a shingle similar to the one illustrated by Fig. 2 in my Patent No. lAtlAQO, granted Jan. 9, 1923, and reference may be had thereto for further details in reference to that invention. But, in general, the shingles 10 have slits 11 cut therein and have corners 12 so arranged that, when the shingles are laid on the roof, the corners 12 of one shingle are slipped into the slits 11 of the adjacent shinglw so as to keep from bending upwardly the exposed portion 13 of the shin le. And, in order to expedite the laying o the shingles, the corners 14- thereof are bent upwardly so as to allow the corner 12 of the adjacent shingle to be easily passed into the slit 11. And one of the objects of this invention is to provide means for bending those corners properly and for maintaining them in the bent position until they are laid. The means which I provide for this purpose are also used for binding the shingles into bundles.

In order to suitably bind the shingles I provide any suitable means such as a base board 15 to which are fixed posts 16, each of which has a slot 17 therein adapted to hold upright the strip 18. In forming the bundles a wrapper 19, having slots there in, 1s placed on the base 15 by passing it downwardly with the members 16 and 18 pro ecting through the slots 2O. 18 has a lug 21 resting on the ease-15 upon wh ch the wrapper 19 rests, so that the lug 21 is at all times beneath the wrapper. Each strip 18 also has a wedge-shaped flange 22 which projects outwardly from the surface of the strip at an acute angle, thefianges of the two strips 18 projecting towards each other; and these flanges are so formed as to turn upwardly the .corners 14 when the shingles 10 are slipped downwardly over the strips 18 and the posts 16, as indicated in Fig. 6. The lower end of each post 16 has one side 23 wedge-shaped, with the lower forward edge 24 projecting between the flange 22 and the strip 18; and this edge prevents the flange 22 from being bent out of place as the shingles are applied.

In this manner the bundle is built up to the desired size; the entire bundle, including the wrapper 19, is then lifted off from the posts 16; and the wrapper is then wrapped around the bundle'with the upper ends of the strips 18 projecting through the slots 25 in the wrapper and the two flanges 26 and 27 of the upper end of each strip are bent in opposite directions to bind the wrapper snugly down onto the shingles. As the wrapper is formed of stiff material this binding of the bundle will be suiiicient for rough handling; and the strips 18 will hold the corners 14 in their properly formed condition until the bundles are unpacked.

I claim as my invention:

1. A shingle former comprising a strip adapted to pass through a slit in a shingle, said strip having a tapering flange projecting at an acute angle therefrom, and ada 3ted to bend a portion of said shingle ad acent the slit.

2. A shingle former comprising a strip of Each strip jacent said slit as the shingle is passe stiff material adapted to pass through a slit in a shingle, said strip having a tapering flange projecting at an acute angle therefrom, and adapted to bend a portion of said shingle adjacent the slit, in combination with a post having a slot therein adapted to receive one edge of said strip, and a wedgeshaped portion projecting from said post into the angle formed by said flange and the said stri 3. A s ingle former comprising a strip of stiff material adapted to pass through a slit in a shingle, said strip having a tapering flange projecting at an acute angle therefrom, and adapted to bend a portion of said shingle adjacent the slit, and means for binding together a plurality of said shingles and said strip, said means comprising flanges projectin from the ends of said strip.

4. A shingle former comprising a strip adapted to enter a slit in a shingle, means for holding said strip upright, and a taper= ing flange projecting angularly from the face of said strip and adapted to bendrupwardly one corner of said shingle adjacent said slit as the shingle is passed downwardly with the said strip entering the slit of the shingle.

5. A shingle former comprisin a strip adapted to enter a slit in a shing e, means for holding said strip upright, and a tapering flange rojecting angularly from the face of sai strip and adapted to bend upwardly one corner of said shin 1e addowntheir bent positions,

' means on wardly with the said strip entering the slit of the shingle, and means for preventing said flange from bending when said strip is passed into the slits of shingles.

6.A,shingle former and binder comprising means for bending a portion of each shingle as they are being packedfor binding and for holding said bent portions in said means comprising means for binding a plurality of the shingles into a bundle.

7 A shingle binder comprising a strip adapted to pass througha slit in a shingle, means fixed to said stri for bending a portion of said shingle a jacent the slit, and

said strip having additional means for bindv ing together a plurality of shingles through the slits of which the said strip passes.

8.'Shingle binding means comprising a wrapper adapted to be wrapped around a bundle of shingles having-slits therein, a slit in said wrapper adapted to register with the slit of the shingle on one side of said bundle and a second slit in said wrapper adapted to register with the slit of the shingle on the opposite side of said bundle, and a strip for passing through the slits of said shingles and wrapper with its ends projecting outwardly from said wrapper, and the ends of said strip adapted to be-bent down snugly against said wrapper. In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand.

NORMAN r. HARSHBERGER. 

